Men suffer vertebral fractures with similar spinal T-scores to women

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-287

  del Rio, Luis ^a   Peris, Pilar ^b   Jover, Luis ^b   Guañabens, Nuria ^b   Monegal, Ana ^b   di Gregorio, Silvana ^a  

^a CETIR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Male osteoporosis; Osteoporosis; T score; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPINAL T SCORE; SPINAL Z SCORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 43349085194     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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